Skin aging involves degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) in both the epidermal and dermal layers, it leaves visible signs on the surface of skin and the physical properties of the skin are modified. Chronological aging is due to passage of time, whereas premature aging occurred due to some environmental factors on skin produces visible signs such as irregular dryness, dark/light pigmentati...

Purpose As many as 50% of patients with cancer develop acute skin reactions to some degree with radiotherapy. Proactive skin care is often recommended to minimise these skin reactions and maintain the integrity of the epidermal barrier; nevertheless, no consensual guidelines are systematically used. This multicentre, observational, prospective study evaluated the tolerability and benefit of sup...

BACKGROUND Colloidal oatmeal is a natural ingredient used in the formulation of a range of personal care products for relief of skin dryness and itchiness. It is also used as an adjunctive product in atopic dermatitis. The safety of personal care products used on vulnerable skin is of particular importance and the risk of developing further skin irritations and/or allergies should be minimized....

The skin covers our entire body and is said to be the “largest organ of human body”. It has many health-maintaining functions, such as protecting from ultraviolet rays dryness maintaining temperature through energy metabolism. However, number patients suffering diseases, including atopic dermatitis, increasing due strong irritation caused by detergents that are spread development chemical indus...

INTRODUCTION One of the basic beliefs of traditional acupuncture is that needling and massaging on certain skin areas called acupuncture points (AP) help to treat medical conditions. While acupuncture is widely accepted as a useful non-pharmacological method for pain reduction, the mechanism of acupuncture is still debated— whether it works through the mechanical stimulation of skin and muscle ...

Consumer self-reported sensitive skin has become more prevalent yet there is limited knowledge on exactly what and the attributes associated with skin. An online survey was conducted 1,000 participants in US two key objectives: 1) understand who sufferers are 2) their concerns experiences care products. insights most commonly perceived sensitivity triggers, symptoms, conditions were evaluated. ...

BACKGROUND The pH of the stratum corneum (SC) in the elderly is elevated and linked to impaired SC function. Therefore, this paper addresses the question of whether acidic skin care generates positive clinical, biophysical, and microbiological effects in aged skin. METHODS This study was performed to assess skin care effects in nursing home residents (aged 80-97 years). Visual, biophysical, a...

BACKGROUND Dry mouth is very common symptom, and psychological factors have an influence on this symptom. Although the influence of emotional factor related to patients with oral dryness has been examined in previous studies, the cognitive factors have not been examined thus far. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of cognitive factors on patients with oral drynes...

BACKGROUND Because noninvasive ventilation (NIV) delivers medical gas at high flow, inadequate humidification may cause oral dryness and patient discomfort. Heated humidification can be used during NIV, but little has been reported about the effects on the hygrometric conditions inside an oronasal mask and oral dryness during 24 hours on NIV. METHODS We measured absolute humidity (AH) inside ...